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naye @naye.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 19:34 UTC

It really is!

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naye @naye.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 18:45 UTC

Delicious choices have been made!!

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naye @naye.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 18:41 UTC

Animals seen on #WayUpNorthTrip Day 3:
Various sheep (including a black one), a mama ducks and ducklings crossing the road (the car ahead stopped on the E6 to let them pass), a couple of reindeer and a jumping fish. Plus the Oftenåse hike had a bunch of really adorable and amusing animal statues!

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naye @naye.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 18:24 UTC

#WayUpNorthTrip Day 3 started with a gloriously calm and sunny morning, and then weather happened. We saw it cutting across the sky after we hiked up to the world's largest garden chair (...), and rain followed us as we went north by car and car ferry. Tonight we sleep indoors! Sunset: 12:38 PM.

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naye @naye.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:32 UTC

scite.ai is actually really useful for parsing scientific literature.

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naye @naye.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:27 UTC

I need to see this??

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naye @naye.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:24 UTC

Gonna shove the end of my thread on travel with a stoma into my #WayUpNorthTrip tag!

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naye @naye.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:20 UTC

all these fantastic travel experiences without stopping to think about what I can or can't do as an ostomate. I can change bags in the tent! I do have to get up several times a night to empty my bag, but it's fine. And it does mean I see the local sights at beautiful times of night & morning! 6/6

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naye @naye.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:15 UTC

Since I also have a massive hernia, I've got a soft girdle that helps for stuff like hiking up mountains to get great views. And I'm extremely lucky in that all of this is 100% free, and has been picked out specifically for me by a fantastic stoma nurse. It's thanks to that care I can have 5/6

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naye @naye.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:11 UTC

So this is my changing setup in our tent! Since we've got the car I've just packed up the stuff I use at home. I've got one box for supplies, and one for the bags/pouches (since I don't want the skin barrier plates to get misshapen). I brought daily changes, plus a whole bunch extra just in case! 4/

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naye @naye.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:03 UTC

Then last summer we went car camping, and I worked out a system that I was so happy with I had no reservations about doing the same kind of trip again, only longer! I only had 2 bag failures, both easily actioned at a rest stop bathroom with a diaper change station & campsite respectively. 3/?

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naye @naye.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 14:58 UTC

And of course that affects travel. This is my third summer with my stoma, so at this point I have routine, confidence, and a small intestine that has adapted really well to its new duties. But the first summer after my surgery I only traveled to a cabin with a washer & dryer & my own sheets... 2/?

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naye @naye.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 14:55 UTC

Ferry wait is for disability awareness! Specifically about car camping while being an #ostomate. Due to fantastic, free stoma supplies from my healthcare system I'm basically living the same life I would as if I still had a colon, but I can't deny that I AM entirely dependent on those supplies. 1/?

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naye @naye.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 11:57 UTC

Ever since we discovered how nice it is up here, we can't stop going north over the summer vacation!

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naye @naye.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 04:13 UTC

#WayUpNorthTrip One of my favorite things about going to Norway is crossing the border. This was yesterday, on the E14 from Åre. The border is marked by a little cairn, and you know you're entering Norway because a sign says so. Also the lines in the middle of the road go from white to yellow! 🇸🇪🇳🇴

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naye @naye.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 21:07 UTC

#WayUpNorthTrip has brought us from the banks of Lake Orsa in Sweden to the edge of a fjord in Norway. We crossed mountains, saw dramatic weather, encountered sheep (with lambs!) on the road, and pulled over for a spontaneous hike involving several swaying suspension bridges...! Sunset: 11:18 PM.

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naye @naye.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 20:34 UTC

#WayUpNorthTrip Day 1 was a success! We outran the rain, the restaurant we booked for dinner served truly delicious food, and our chosen campsite is well appointed and comfortable without being industrial sized and crowded. And the views...! Fields and forests and low mountains and lakes. Ahhh!

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naye @naye.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 16:07 UTC

#WayUpNorthTrip so far:

In the local supermarket parking lot, looked at the forecast and decided not to go to Norway today! The alternative route through Sweden will hopefully let us camp dry.

At 4PM, picked between two routes, found tonight's campsite and made dinner reservations in Mora. 🥰

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naye @naye.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 20:43 UTC

Sweden also has a six week limit on campaigning! (Our elections are every four years on the last Sunday of September, so don't need to be called.) Can confirm it's VERY nice.

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